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Texas takes shape : a history in maps from the General Land Office /

"The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is our oldest state agency, formed in 1836 "to determine who owned what and where." The authors have selected more than 100 maps, each of which is accompanied by a brief essay that situates the map within its larger historical and cartographic cont...

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Main Authors: Lambert, Mark (Archivist) (Author), Harkins, James (Author), Stauffer, Brian A. (Author), Walsh, Patrick (Historical research and outreach specialist) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Texas. > General Land Office > Map collections.
Texas. > General Land Office > Map collections > Pictorial works.
Cartography > History.
Texas > Maps > History.
Texas > Historical geography > Maps.
Texas > Boundaries > History.
Texas > History > Maps.
Cartographie > Histoire.
Texas > Cartes > Histoire.
Texas > Frontières > Histoire.
atlases.
Atlases.
Atlas.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Defining Texas. Mapping the New World : an age of discovery
  • Beyond the neatline. Uncovering the base layer : Indigenous cartography in North America
  • Competing empires : maps as knowledge and power, 1671-1830
  • Beyond the neatline. Compasses and crucifixes : priests and friars in the mapping of Spanish North America
  • Mapping Mexico : uneven geography
  • Beyond the neatline. From the "dead desert" to the "Wonderland of Agriculture and Opportunity" : mapping the Nueces Strip
  • The Lone Star rises : maps of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846
  • Beyond the neatline. "A continued succession of abrupt sinuousities" : the Joint Boundary Commission and the Republic of Texas, 1838-1841
  • "The Republic of Texas is no more" : the Lone Star State takes shape
  • Beyond the neatline. The art and cartography of Eltea Armstrong
  • Part II. Developing Texas. Contested frontier : pathfinders, soldiers, and military maps
  • Beyond the neatline. Land for military service : bounty, donation, and Confederate scrip
  • Connecting a continent : Texas land and the expanding American railroad system
  • Beyond the neatline. Frontier surveying in Texas
  • All boundaries are local : GLO county maps
  • Beyond the neatline. Drawing conclusions : manuscript cartouches in the GLO
  • The growth and urbanization of Texas : city maps at the GLO
  • Beyond the neatline. "Complete success" to obsolescence : the photographic bureau of the GLO, 1861-1874
  • Conclusions. Texas history on the digital frontier : improving access through preservation.